Investigation Report: FIPPA Other, Refused Access, Fee Estimate – City of Winnipeg (Winnipeg Transit)

2013-12-06

Summary

City of Winnipeg (Winnipeg Transit); various aspects of handling of four requests for information about operating expenses and advertising on buses; provisions 2, 3, 7(1), 82(1)(2) of FIPPA and 4(1)(2)(3) and 8(1)(a) of the Access and Privacy Regulation;  ombudsman commended the city for its commitment to transparency demonstrated by generating statistical information in the form requested; ombudsman also found that the fee estimate for one of the requests was reasonable and appropriate, and that the act did not apply to one request for an answer to a question.

Case 2013-0217-0220